7 Bollywood Actors Who Are Also Efficacious As Politicians

Charm or persona of a trailblazer has been a significant factor in Indian Politics. Today, political parties, whether national or regional, involve personalities from all walks of life including painters, singers, film actors, theatre personalities, and so on. There are some female actors who earned huge fame with the acting skills in the media industry but still chose to join politics in the end. Some actors who after shining on the silver screen turned to politics.

Here’s the list of 7 celebrated stars who left the splendid world and chose politics to work towards the welfare of the society.

#Urmila Matondkar

Weeks before the national election, the Rangeela actor Urmila Matondkar merged with the Congress today after a meeting with party Chief Rahul Gandhi. Congress made the declaration by tweeting a picture of the actor getting a bouquet from Rahul Gandhi.

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Urmila Matondkar, 45, is likely to be a Congress candidate in Mumbai in the national election next month. The actor said for her, it was a step towards ‘active politics’, given that she had been raised in a family that believed in social awareness and strong political ideals.

#Isha Koppikar

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Isha who has worked in films like Don, Krishna Cottage has joined BJP in the company of Union Transport Minister, Nitin Gadkari. She has been given the charge of Women Transport Wing as its working President.

#Hema Malini

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The quintessence beauty of Bollywood is having an outstanding efficacious career in politics. She joined BJP in 2004 and was made the general secretary.

#Rekha

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The beauty queen has now gained her interest in politics. She was chosen as the Member of Rajya Sabha in the Parliament in May 2012. The actor has shown her ability in more than 180 films and has shown herself strong in every character.

#Nagma

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A voiced follower of India’s Indian National Congress, she had only officially become a member of the Congress Party in Delhi, seemingly citing its ‘commitment towards secularism and welfare of the poor and weaker sections’ as her reason for joining.

She was also fielded by the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), as a contender from Hyderabad for the General Lok Sabha Elections.

Nagma has elsewhere been cited as saying that she first supported the Congress Party because of her respect for Rajiv Gandhi.

#Kirron Kher

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Kirron Kher is one of the best artists in the film world. BJP declared her as the Lok Sabha candidate from Chandigarh for General Elections 2014 and Kirron even won the seat with a good number of votes. The actor was also an active contributor in the 2011 anti-corruption movement with Anna Hazare.

#Smriti Irani

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The well-known Indian Bahu has grasped a platform for herself in politics. The previous television actor is a Member of Parliament, being chosen to the Rajya Sabha from the state of Gujarat.

Hats off to these ladies.